"Tangmere Pilots" recruiting

[No1 Cheese]

At about 07.30, six Hurricanes of 1 squadron's A flight were scrambled on the approach of a raid, & met 40 Do17Zs of I & II/KG3 escorted by about 15 Bf110s of III/ZG26.

In the ensuing series of dogfights, 110s were claimed by F/L Johny Walker, F/O Iggy Kilmartin, Sgt Frank Soper & Sgt Taffy Clowes. Walker force landed after being hit, while F/O Paul Richey's a/c was shot down in flames, although he claimed one & a probable.

Despite the attention of the Hurricanes, some of the raiders got through & bombs dropped across the centre of Berry-au-Bac airfield.

So many of the sorties the real life chaps flew were against impossible odds - so that's what I was aiming for - lots of baddies against not many of you....although to give you half a chance the majority were rookies.

I tried to manipulate it so that you'd primarily engage the 110s (as in RL) - but that didn't quite work out, at least in 145 B flight's fight.
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P/O Dutch DSO*, DFC
Green 2
145 Sqn.